custom contextual menus

[reelstuff]

I am interested in learning about how to create a custom contextual menu so I can manage and integrate repetitive tasks without having to
access the standard menu bar. I should also say that my goal would be to use the same code across platforms, at least for windows and MAC OSX

I looked into the dictionary and could find no information on this, I also checked the PDF users manual and searched but was unable to find any meaningful information.

If anyone knows of a resource not listed that could guide me in the right direction, please let me know.

Tim

[RRobert]

I should also say that my goal would be to use the same code across platforms, at least for windows and MAC OS X.

No way.

In Windows, it is a Registry entry with a command line. Mac OS X needs a custom plugin and under Linux it depends which desktop environment you use (Gnome, KDE, …).

It is doable but with custom platform specific code.

Windows
Mac OS X [1] [2]
Linux (Gnome) [1] [2]

Under Linux I would investigate the gnome-open-terminal plugin for Nautilus.

Robert

[FourthWorld]

Tim, did you mean within your app or system-wide?

[reelstuff]

Hi, thanks for the reply, I was hoping to find a method of using it from within a standalone app, I was looking at some other methods of doing that, I just could not find anything in black and white, on creating a custom contextual menu item, thanks for any suggestion, I appreciate it,

[Klaus]

Tim,

we still have no idea about what you want to do with these contextmenus?
See Richards question!


Best

Klaus

[reelstuff]

Oh yes, I see, pardon, now that I look at it again, so a contextual menu only inside my app, will only be available to my app, and no where else.

where as system wide, (say a utility for launching an app or performing a scripted function) would be available even as sort of a standalone context menu.

I can see a use for both of those situations, I think being able to define a scripted function to be added to a contextual menu, would be the ideal approach.

for example, if I have a list of data in txt format, and I want to launch and then define that action, so that it is available to the contextual menu,

crude apple script, I imagine there should be some equiv live code script for doing the same thing.

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set urlList (variable of urls from urlList.txt) set numURLs to (count urlList)
set url List to myvarlist.txt tell application "Safari|Firefox"
  activate
 tell application "System Events"
 keystroke (item 1 of urlList)
    key code 36
    repeat with i from 2 to (numURLs)

[reelstuff]

I should also say that my goal would be to use the same code across platforms, at least for windows and MAC OS X.

No way.

In Windows, it is a Registry entry with a command line. Mac OS X needs a custom plugin and under Linux it depends which desktop environment you use (Gnome, KDE, …).

It is doable but with custom platform specific code.

Windows
Mac OS X [1] [2]
Linux (Gnome) [1] [2]

Under Linux I would investigate the gnome-open-terminal plugin for Nautilus.


Thanks Robert, I missed your reply, I can see how that would work, and thanks for the links I will investigate those now

Robert